Palmeiras: Abel Ferreira to rest players before Ceará cup clash | OneFootball

Palmeiras wrapped up their preparations on Saturday morning (06) at the Football Academy for the match against Ceará, scheduled for this Sunday (07) at 4:00 PM at Arena Castelão, for the final round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The squad will travel to the capital of Ceará later this Saturday.

Rested players

As the runner-up in the competition with 73 points and no chance of being overtaken, Verdão already has its position secured in the standings and will use the match to manage the squad’s fatigue after an intense season. For this reason, Abel Ferreira is expected to rest some starters: Gustavo Gómez, Murilo, Andreas Pereira, and Vitor Roque will not travel, in addition to Raphael Veiga and Joaquín Piquerez, who are serving suspensions. Other players also remain under the care of the Health and Performance Center.

Even with changes to the team, Palmeiras arrives on a high and with the chance to reach a historic milestone in their record against Ceará. After four consecutive wins over their rival, the Greatest Champion of Brazil has already matched its best winning streak in the matchup — recorded between 1971 and 1974 — and can surpass the record. Playing as visitors, Verdão also has three straight victories, equaling another historic mark from 1971 to 1973.

The strong campaign in this edition of the Brasileirão reinforces the club’s recent dominance in the competition. Champions in 2022 and 2023 and runners-up in 2024 and 2025, Palmeiras is the team that has finished in the top two the most times in the championship: 18 times, with 12 titles and six runner-up finishes. In addition, Alviverde has finished on the podium in nine of the last ten seasons, with four championships (2016, 2018, 2022, and 2023), three runner-up finishes (2017, 2024, and 2025), and two third places (2019 and 2021).

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